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CITY OF TAUNTON SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL

CITY OF TAUNTON SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: TAUNTON GREEN AND POST OFFICE SQUARE

City: TAUNTON

State: Massachusetts

Zip Code: 2780

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Year Dedicated: 1937

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

The statue is called the Hiker. There are two styles and both installed in numerous locations throughout the United States. Both statues are dedicated to the U.S. Soldiers who fought in the Spanish-American War. These veterans called themselves Hikers, in the same way the World War I vets were called doughboys and World War II vets were called G.I. Joes.

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